Shankar Thangamani
@ThangamaniLab
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Associate Professor at Purdue University; Studying Host-Fungal Interfaces
West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Joined November 2021
Our recent study out today in @PLOSPathogens Identified Candida auris induces IFNgamma to colonize the skin. https://t.co/4IIdDQbSte
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Author summary C. auris, an emerging fungal pathogen, preferentially colonizes the human and mouse skin. However, the host immune factors that regulate C. auris skin infection in vivo are poorly...
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Thrilled to share the results of our 8-year-long expedition into the Wild, the city of #NYC , the wild west of #LosAngelesCA , and more—in search of the roots of gut fungal commensalism! 🧵 https://t.co/P4vv7Ll9dp
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Candida auris Infections | New England Journal of Medicine
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C. auris, a serious public health threat that may have emerged because of climate change, persists on human skin and inanimate objects, frequently causing difficult-to-control outbreaks in health c...
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Our recent study out today in @PLOSPathogens identified cell type specific immune responses to Candida auris skin infection using single cell transcriptomics. Thank you @LionakisLab, Mihai Netea and Vinod for collaborating in this study ! https://t.co/RHv2n3ZK9J
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Author summary C. auris, an emerging fungal pathogen, preferentially colonizes human skin and causes outbreaks of systemic infections. However, the factors that regulate the pathogenesis of C. auris...
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In the latest issue! S. aureus drives itch and scratch-induced skin damage through a V8 protease-PAR1 axis
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The adhesin SCF1 mediates Candida auris colonization
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Tools and techniques to identify, study, and control Candida auris | PLOS Pathogens
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Candida auris, is an emerging fungal pathogen that can cause life-threatening infections in humans. Unlike many other Candida species that colonize the intestine, C. auris most efficiently colonizes...
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1/3 Thrilled to share our new paper in @CellCellPress led by @jigarvdesai on how complement component C5 promotes phagocyte survival and effector functions for protective antifungal host defense. Read here:
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I wish there were data for outside the US https://t.co/9ocbd2hZMF Endemic mycoses must be around, but undiagnosed
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This study found clinically significant incidence rates of histoplasmosis in 94% of US states, coccidioidomycosis in 69% of US states, and blastomycosis in
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@BelkaidLab This is the right energy! Congratulations Yasmine! & congratulations Pasteur
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Leah Cowen (@CowenLab), co-director of our Fungal Kingdom program, professor and Vice President, Research @UofT, is studying fungi - how they cause disease and how to thwart drug resistance to treat life-threatening infections. #IWD23
https://t.co/FzLV8v2qXG
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Leah Cowen, co-director of CIFAR’s Fungal Kingdom program, discusses the often overlooked fungi, from new opportunities for environmental remediation, to future risks to human health, food security,...
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@Jacobsen_MI Great to connect with Vets in GRC 2023!
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Are you a researcher working on Candida and Candidiasis? Abstract submissions are open for #Candida2023 until 17 February 2023! Find out more and submit your abstract: https://t.co/QWXa1wc0Xb
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Hello #sciencetwitter #MedicalMycology #immunology Registration for the 2023 GRC/GRS Immunology of Fungal Infections is open! Please submit your abstract by October 17, 2022 to be prioritized
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Post-doctoral Research Associate Position in Microbial Pathogenesis and Therapeutics at Purdue University https://t.co/oUsDxoDDgr
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Post-doctoral Research Associate Position in Microbial Pathogenesis and Therapeutics at Purdue University https://t.co/oUsDxoDDgr
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